Shoe.



G. H. GARDINER.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED mun. 1912. RENEWED APR. 24. 1914.

1,163,522. Patented Dec.7,1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 110., WASHINGTON, D. C.

snonen H. GABDINER, or new YORK, 1v. Y.,2ASSIG1\TOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO.

WICHERT ashram-Nun, A ooaronn'rzon on NEW some.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters ma.

Application filed July 1, ieia'seriaino. 706,924. Renewed A msaieia Serial No. 834,221.

To all whom/it may concern: I f

Be it, known that I, GEORGE H. GARDINER, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in-fihoes, of

I which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes and more particularly to pumps, and has for its object to provide animproved shoe or pump in which the heel is attached to the body of the shoe in a secure manner.

The object of the invention is also to pro vide a construction which will enable the high or French heel to be successfully used on the class of shoes known as pumps.

To this end the invention comprises the I insertion in the shank ofthe pump of a me- French heel. and showing a stay secured in parts in the different drawings.

place, Fig. 2 isia top view partiallybroken away, and with the heel and stay indicated in dotted linespFig. 3 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1, but showing the stay employed with a shoe, the heel-seat of which does not extend forward of the heel, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the stay.

Similar references indicate corresponding The heel 10 is secured to the heel-seat 11 in any suitable manner, as for example, by cement; and the breast 12 of the heel is faced with the extended rear portion of the outer sole 13, which thereby concealsthe rear portion 14 of the stay, the forward portion 15 of which is received between the insole 16 and the portion 17 at the shank of theshoe. The stay is preferably made of a spring steel of uniform thickness and tensionthroughout, and it is flexible in vertical di- PatentedDec. 3,1915.

rection so as to permit the necessary flexibility of the shoeat the shank, but said heelstay is transversely sti-fi" and substantially non-yielding. To secure this vertical flexibility and transverse rigidity and to adapt the stay without change to various sizes and shapes of shoes, the stay consists of a, narrow elongated strip 15 of spring steel adapted to fit anyshoe shank and provided at its rear end with a broadened downward exten-" sion 14c which engages the breast of the heel. The elongated strip is provided with screw holes disposed apart longitudinally and the downward extension is provided with screw holesdisposed apart laterally. The stay is of general arc-shape to conform to the shank of the shoe in its normal condition. The stay issecured to the breast of the heel by screws 18 which pass through the holes in the downward extension 14 into the body of the heel and the stay isseated in a recess 41 of the heel.

At its forward portion 15 the stay is secured to the portion 17, and is also secured to the inner side of the outer sole 13, by meansof rivetsl19, or by any other suitable means, such as nails, stitches or cement sufiicient to securethe forward portion of the stay in place relatively to the shank of the shoe, so that the outer sole and heel-seat are connected to receive and withstand lateral and twistingstrains, communicated to the stay.- a

The heeLseat '11 may be extended as shown in Fig l so as to formpractically an intermediate sole throughout the shoe, or it may be terminated at any point desired, asit is not necessary that the heel-seat extend forward'of the heel. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 3, in which the heelseat 20 extends only over the heel. In this case the stay does not pass through the heelseat, but the forward portion 15 of the stay is located between the insole 16 and the outer sole 18 of the shoe. In this case, the stay is fixed at its forward portion 15 by rivets 19 to'the inner part of the outer sole 13.

in Fig. 2, whereby this better bracing effect is attained without increasing the vertical stifiness of" the stay in its--forward-portlon.

upon the heel and thereby permitting-wide spacing of the screws, 1 8 or othersecuring means, and therebyv attaining the: better bracing resulting from such attachment at wide lateral separated points on the heel, the rear portional'l of the heel-stay is made wider than the forward portion I5 as-clearly hown in Fig. 4 and indicated in dotted lines If the stay were made the full-width of the part it over its entire length, it mlght be too stiff at that portion in the shank of the shoe,

and the desiredflexibility could then beattained only by-other means, as for instance,

thinning the metal. 7 By enlarging the rear end,'the necessary bracing and the proper flexibility of the forward portion tlI'GxObtained in a stay made of metal of uniform thickness. r g V It is obvious-that the shoe to which. the

stayjisapplied may consist of elements at the shank other than those which have been I and heel, a vertically-flexible transverselystiff arcuate heel-stay shaped to adjacent portions of the breast of the heel and shank of theshoe, and secured at-its front end to v the outer sole at the inner side thereof, and

extending outwardly from the inner part of-the outer sole and toward theheel at its other end, and secured at said end to-the breast of the heel, the said stay being intermediate the heel and sole.- 1 l 2. A boot or shoe comprising a heel,-'a heel-seat provided with a'forwardextension projecting in front of said heel, a stay secured to said forward extension of the heelseat and provided with a downward extension secured to the breast of the heel, and an outer sole having a downward extension secured to the breast of the heel'and cover.- ing said downward extension of the stay and having its inner part secured to the free end of the stay, the said stay being arranged intermediate the heel and' inner part of the outer sole. 7 I

3. In a boot or shoe, the combination of an outer'sole, a heel, and a vertically-yieldable transversely-stiff stay secured at one endto the rearward part of the outer sole at the inner side thereof, and at the other end with one side adjacent thereto and at the inner side thereof, and at the other end to the breast of the heel, with the other side of the stay adjacent thereto, the said stay being intermediate the heel and sole.

5. Animproved boot or shoe, comprising aheel, an outer sole, said outer sole. extending over the breast of the heel, said heel having a recessed portion, and a stay securedto the inner part of the outer sole hav- -1 i-ng one portion secured to the'breast of the heel at the: recessed portion and. a front portion securedto thev inner part; of the outer sole. 3

6. An improved boot or shoe, comprising a heel; having a recessed portion, an outer sole, and-a stay having one part thereof engaging the recessed portion and the front part thereof secured to the inner-,part. of the .outersole, said outer sole extending over thestay at the heel-portion andover the recessed portion of the heel.

7. An improvedboot orshoe,icomprising a heel having a recessed portion in the breast of the heel, a'stay secured therein and flush with'the surface of the 'heel, and an outer sole having its inner part secured tothe forward part of the stay and extending over the heel-portion of the stay and the recessed portion of the heel.

'8. In a bootor shoe, thecombination of a heel, an outer sole, and a stay secured at one end totthe. outer sole with one sideadjacent thereto and at the inner side thereof,- and at the other end to the breast. of the heel with theother side of the stay adjacent thereto, the saidstay being intermediate the heel and sole, and the said stay having a broadened portion at that portion thereof seated on h heel I 9. In a boot or shoe, the combination of a heel having a recessed portion at the breast thereof, an outer sole eXte-ndingto the heel,

thereof, the said stay being intermediate the heel, and sole. 1

10. The-combination,with a heel, the outer soleextending to the heel, and an insole or shank piece, of a vertically'flexible, transversely stiff stay between the outer sole and insole or shank; piece, the outer soles-and the forward end of the insole or shank'piece as my inventiornI have signed my name in and the stay being riveted together, and expresence of two subscribing witnesses.

tending along the arch portion to the heel, and forming a spring support between the GEORGE GARDINER' 5 sole and heel, and secured to the breast of Witnesses:

the heel. i MINNIE SPAHN,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing D. W. HARRIS.

v'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

/ Washington, D. 0. 

